Galich, Галич is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It was founded around 12th century and named for Halych of Galicia; the latter is known as Galich Rus' . The town was known as Northern Galich or Galich Mer'sky (Галич Мерьский), by the name of the Fennic tribe, merya (меря), of that lands.
During the Russian feudal wars it became fortified, fortification ramparts known as Shemyaka Hills. Later it became a trade city on the trade route from Moscow to Arkhangelsk. Still later it became a railroad node of the Trans-Siberian railway. Today it is a small provincial town.
Galich, Галич is a Russian town of 21500 inhabitants (1992), situated on the southern bank of Lake Galitskoye, in the Kostroma Oblast.
In the 13th century, the town was ruled by a younger brother of Alexander Nevsky and remained in his line until 1363, when the Muscovites seized the principality and ousted the ruling family to Novgorod.
Particularly noteworthy is the Paisiev Monastery, founded in the early 14th century and featuring a 16th-century 5-domed cathedral and a 3-domed church from 1642.
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